Articles by 'Eduardo Blanco, CISSP'

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect May 25, 2018, and much like in the months approaching Y2K nearly two decades ago, many organizations are still scrambling to fully understand its impact, relevance, and scope. GDPR is a unified set of laws that create stricter regulations for EU Subject data along with steeper penalties for non-compliance than the previous EU Data Privacy Directive it replaces. Some organizations may have to make sweeping changes to how they process and... read more.

A critical weakness has been discovered in WPA2, the ubiquitous protocol that secures Wi-Fi networks worldwide. The attack known as “KRACKS” which is short for Key Reinstallation Attacks, enables attackers within range of the target Wi-Fi network to see data that is presumed to be safely encrypted. This effectively renders organizations that leverage WPA2 vulnerable to theft of critical data such as credit card numbers, passwords, emails, photos, etc. It also makes it possible for a man-in-the-m... read more.

October 17, 2017

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